[ad_1] Children in care: 'Stop moving our things in bin bags'When Elliott was taken into care at 12 years old, he was told to pack all his belongings into black bin bags.A pendant given to him by his nan - who he did not know when he would see again - was lost on the way.He is not the only child in care that this has happened to. BBC Wales
[ad_1] SNSJenny Hastings disappeared at a wild swimming spot on the Firth of Forth on Tuesday A body has been found in the search for Jenny Hastings, the wife of the former Scotland rugby international Scott Hastings. Police said a woman's body was found in the Hound Point area of South Queensferry on Saturday afternoon. Formal identification has yet to take place, but the Hastings family has been informed. Mrs
[ad_1] The NHS in England has been "broken" by successive Conservative-led governments - and the state it is now in is "unforgiveable", Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC.In his first major interview in Downing Street, the prime minister said a review of the health service to be published on Thursday finds changes to the NHS were "hopelessly misconceived".He said austerity in the coalition years, and then the Conservative government's
[ad_1] PA MediaThe King and Queen watched the Games take place on SaturdayThe King and Queen appeared in jovial mood as they attended the Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Aberdeenshire.The annual event, held a short distance from their summer residence at Balmoral, has been running in its present form since 1832, and has been attended by the reigning monarch since 1848.Competitors took part in traditional games including tug-of-war and the
[ad_1] BBCThousands of anti-racism protesters have gathered in Glasgow for a rally organised in the wake of the rioting and disorder in England. A smaller number of people, some of them with their faces masked, were attending an anti-immigration rally in front of the war memorial in George Square.Police have erected barriers to separate the two groups.The disorder in England followed false information spread online that an asylum seeker carried
[ad_1] The Body Shop has been rescued from administration, in a deal that appears to secure the immediate future for 1,300 shop and office workers.A consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania has acquired the ethical beauty brand's 113 UK stores which remain trading, for an undisclosed sum.The specialist investment firm Auréa Group will also gain control of the Body Shop's assets in Australia and North America, in
[ad_1] Police searching for a British man believed to have been swept away by flash floods in Majorca say they have found a body.It comes after a British woman was found dead in the popular tourist destination earlier this week.Spain's Civil Guard said the pair had been hiking on a trail from a canyon to the Mediterranean sea when they went missing after a storm hit the island on Tuesday.Rescuers
[ad_1] A man has been charged in connection with the death of a woman missing from Edinburgh.Khasha Smith was last seen alive on a FaceTime call in October last year, but was not reported missing until 5 January.Police Scotland said they believed the 35-year-old mother-of-three had died, but her body has not been found.A 39-year-old man, arrested on Friday, has been charged over her death.He is due to appear at
[ad_1] A four-year-old from north-west London has started primary school this week, just days after finishing treatment for a rare cancer.Noah was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, which affects the blood and bone marrow, in May 2022 when he was only two years old.He underwent an intense round of chemotherapy followed by immunotherapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital.But Noah finished his last round of maintenance chemotherapy in time to join
[ad_1] PAThe prime minister plans to meet Irish business leaders to encourage enhanced bilateral trade and investmentSir Keir Starmer will become the first British prime minister to visit the Republic of Ireland in five years on Saturday.Downing Street says it marks a "new era of co-operation and friendship" between Britain and Ireland.The prime minister will meet Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Simon Harris, who was elected in April just three months
